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The American South: A weak link in the Covid vaccination campaign
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05/07/2021 - 03:16 Volunteers walk door-to-door on June 30, 2021 to inform residents about a Covid-19 vaccination event in Birmingham, Alabama; the US South has some of the country's lowest vaccination rates Elijah Nouvelage AFP/File 5 min
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With a sizable Black minority traditionally mistrustful of vaccines and with many conservative rural whites convinced that the vaccine is more dangerous than Covid-19 itself, Southern US states like Alabama have some of the country's lowest vaccination rates, leaving the disadvantaged region vulnerable to dangerous new virus variants.
But some people are trying their best to change that.
AlabamaUnited-statesOneontaLouisianaBlount-countyMemorial-parkMississippiAmericansAmericanScott-harrisDonald-trumpFrank-arantBâham group holds MLK Day of service gas giveaway and voter registration event Alabama Black Womenâs Roundtable and Partners will give away free gas, masks and food and hold voter registration during their MLK Day of service event Monday January 18. (Source: Alabama Black Womenâs Roundtable and Partners will give away free gas, masks and food and hold voter registration during their MLK Day of service event Monday January 18.) By WBRC Staff | January 17, 2021 at 10:30 PM CST - Updated January 17 at 10:30 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Alabama Black Womenâs Roundtable and Partners will give away free gas, masks and food and hold voter registration during their MLK Day of service event Monday January 18.
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